Benjamin Netanyahu's online Q&A using Twitter hashtag #askNetanyahu has generated thousands of negative comments against the Israeli leader and Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories.

The session, which started on Thursday at 12:00 GMT, ignited a torrent of negativity and ridicule against him and Israel's polices against the Palestinians.

The Q&A was announced as a celebration of Israel's May 15 anniversary of its "independence day", an occasion Palestinians refer to as "al-Nakba" or "the catastrophe" for losing their national homeland that in 1948 became Israel.

Many Twitter users attacked Netanyahu for Israel's war against Gaza in 2014, accusing him of war crimes and for his mistreatment of Palestinians under occupation in the West Bank and his continued blockade of the Gaza Strip.

#AskNetanyahu Why do Israeli soldiers fire at fishermen & farmers in Gaza's waters & buffer zone although they pose no danger to Israel?

Some Twitter users took the opportunity to ask Netanyahu about domestic Israeli policies that ranged from its treatment of Holocaust survivors, to supportive questions such as what are the "threats to Israeli security".

#AskNetanyahu What is is the greatest threat to Israel's security right now and what do you foresee as future threats?